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Novice II and III are designed to fully introduce swimmers to the four competitive strokes. Swimmers will begin to understand that technique is the most important factor in being a successful swimmer. Age range is approximately 7-10. The group is still primarily technique in nature but swim sets and tests will be introduced. NO practice requirements, BUT parents must understand that swimmers that come to practice make more friends, AND improve more rapidly, thus leading to swimmers WANTING to come to practice.  

Developmental (a.k.a.Devy's)

The Developmental group is designed to take the skills learned from Novice II and put them to use to becoming a successful competitive swimmer. The main focus for this group is to get the athlete to be successful at racing in all four competitive strokes. More test sets will be introduced, but for the most part the group will continue to focus on technical proficiency in all strokes, turns, and dives. Age range is approximately 8-12. NO practice requirements, BUT parents must understand that swimmers that come to practice make more friends, AND improve more rapidly, thus leading to swimmers WANTING to come to practice

Age Group 1

  AG 1 is designed as a stepping stone from the Developmental group to Age Group swimming, and will be used as a platform for our more advanced 10 and Under Swimmers; OR for any older, newer athletes that are ready to start swimming some longer practices. Swimmers in this group will continue to focus on technique, but will also be introduced to some mild aerobic conditioning. Age range is approximately 9-13. NO practice requirements, BUT parents must understand that swimmers that come to practice make more friends, AND improve more rapidly, thus leading to swimmers WANTING to come to practice. Recommended practice attendance is 10 and Unders- at least 4 days/wk; 11-Overs year olds 4-5 days/wk (5^th day on invite only to Saturday practices).

Age Group 2

AG 2 is designed to qualify and ready swimmers for competition at the 11-14 Oregon State Championship. The overall goal will be to get them ready for the Sectional group in route to qualifying for the Age Sectional championships. Swimmers in this group will continue to focus on technique with more and more emphasis on how their stroke count and rate can affect how fast they swim. Age range is approximately 10-14. NO practice requirements, BUT parents must understand that swimmers that come to practice make more friends, AND improve more rapidly, thus leading to swimmers WANTING to come to practice. Recommended practice attendance is-- 10-year olds- at least 4 days/wk; 11-12 year olds 4-5 days/wk; 13-14 year olds 5-6 days/wk. Note: Those Age Group athletes that achieve 2 or more AG Sectional qualifying standards, may be invited to train with the Sectional group 2-3 days a week; at 13, achieve 1 AG Sectional qualifying standard, may be invited to train with the Sectional group 3 days a week.

Varsity

The Varsity group is designed to allow high school age athletes a place to begin a year round competitive swimming career.  Most athletes in this group will be swimmers who have just recently started their swimming careers for their respective high school teams and which to further their development.  Swimmers in this group will be worked with to take them where they wish to go in their swimming.  Training of swimmers within this group will either take place in the Sectional or Age Group programs dependent on the level of athlete (this will be decided upon by the coaching staff).

Sectional

The Sectional group is designed to get swimmers thinking ‘outside the box.’ In regard to swimming, that box is the state of Oregon. Swimmers in this group will start to make the transition from successful state/age group sectional level athlete to a Senior meet level (Senior Sectional, US Open, Junior Nats, Senior Nats) athlete. Overall this group is designed to prepare the swimmer (if they so desire) for entrance into the National group. Age range is approximately 13-Up. Swimmers in this group are required to attend at least 85% of all practices (please note- when swimmers train at this level, excessive absences make it nearly impossible for the athlete to successfully complete a workout-- this leads to swimmers feeling like they are not good enough for the group; which in turn, causes swimmers self esteem to lower-- which in turn, will cause swimmers to want to miss more practice).  Note:  Swimmers in the Sectional group that attain a time 2% or less off the Senior Sectional time standard may be invited to train with the National group 3 days a week.

National

The National group is designed to provide an environment where athletes can strive and succeed at any level of National or International competition. As such it is expected, to be within this group, that athletes adhere to all policies and goals set forth by the National coach.  Athletes must be at least 14 years of age to be considered for the National group. Being a part of the National group is being a shining representation of what the best of the Hillsboro HEAT is… in and out of the water.

2008-2009 Hillsboro Swim Team Fees
Effective September 2007

* Second swimmer in a family will receive $5.00 monthly discount on dues.

* Third swimmer (and above) in a family will receive a 50% monthly discount on dues.
(This cap does not include monthly pool fees)

* Dues will be capped at $300 per month after multiple swimmer discounts have been applied.
(This cap does not include monthly pool fees)

Monthly fees are due by the 15th of each month. If received after the 15th, a $25 late fee will be assessed. If your account remains unpaid past the 25th of the month, your swimmer will not be allowed to practice until your bill is paid or payment arrangements have been made. Monthly statements will be emailed. It is your responsibility to give written notification (letter or email) to the billing dept., 10 days prior to the first of the next month, to become inactive with the team. If this is not completed, you will be fully liable for the full monthly fee even if your swimmer is inactive. In addition, a $140 reactivation fee, per swimmer, will be assessed if inactive for a period of less than 150 days. Inactivity for medical reasons is not subject to the reactivation fee.

Annual Administrative Fee

*Administrative fee has a family cap of $60.00. Each additional swimmer (utilizing the administrative family cap) will be required to purchase a team t-shirt at the time of registration, which will be available at a discounted rate of $10.00 and will be added to your registration costs. One team cap will be provided with the family fee of $60.

Yearly Fundraising

*Family Fundraising Maximum: $500/year

*Share point hours obligation is 30 hrs./year/family for two parent families and 15 hrs/year/family for single parent families. Any unserved share point hours will be billed at $15 per hour.

*Meet fees will be billed monthly for each meet that a swimmer signs up for.

*USA Swimming Registration is $50 per swimmer. This is an annual required fee from USA Swimming. This registration allows the swimmer to compete in swim meets and covers the swimmer with basic insurance through USA Swimming.